This is the place where I share my favourite foods; gluten-free, lactose-free and regular home cooking recipes! I also occasionally share my scrapbooking accomplishments!! I endeavor to ensure the recipes I publish are quick, easy to prepare and contain ingredients that you will find in your local grocery stores. ENJOY!

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Why Wheat-Free??

As a family we have been wheat-free for almost 1 1/2 yrs now and we couldn't feel better! I subscribe to this blog named after the famous book "Wheat Belly", and it has many fascinating facts regarding wheat. The latest entry had answers to one of the questions I am frequently asked: "What is the benefit of going wheat free if I am not celiac or have an intolerance?" I personally have no gluten intolerance but decided to make the whole family wheat-free as Devon and I should support both India and Greg. Thought those who have been contemplating a wheat-free lifestyle, would be interested in this:

What’s the point of avoiding wheat if you don’t have celiac disease or gluten-sensitivity? Many reasons:
1) You avoid the gliadin protein of wheat, the
opiate in wheat that stimulates appetite and increases calorie
consumption by 440 calories per day. (Eliminate gliadin and calorie
consumption drops by 440 calories per day.)
2) You avoid the lectin in wheat, wheat germ
agglutinin, that is directly toxic to the intestinal tract and causes
abnormal intestinal permeability that Trojan horse’s foreign substances
into the bloodstream, causing multiple inflammatory diseases. You may
also restore leptin sensitivity to restore the capacity for weight loss.
3) You avoid the amylopectin A of wheat, the “complex
carbohydrate” that accounts for the fact that two slices of whole grain
bread increases blood sugar higher than 6 teaspoons of table sugar.
4) You avoid the alpha amylase inhibitors that trigger wheat allergy, likely the trigger for the boom in wheat allergy among kids.